Communications Of Costa Rica

Telephones main lines in use 1.132 million (2002)
 
Telephones mobile cellular 528,047 (2002)
 
Telephone system
general assessment: good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available
international: country code - 506; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); two submarine cables (1999)
 
Radio broadcast stations AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)
 
Radios 980,000 (1997)
 
Television broadcast stations 20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)
 
Televisions 525,000 (1997)
 
Internet country code .cr
 
Internet hosts 10,826 (2003)
 
Internet Service Providers ISPs   3 (of which only one is legal) (2000)
Internet users 800,000 (2002)

 

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